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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Get Information
- The User Interface
- Start and Save Drawings
- Control the Drawing Views
- Organize Drawings and Layouts
- Create and Modify Objects
- Control the Properties of Objects
- Use Precision Tools
- Work with the User Coordinate System (UCS)
- Enter Coordinates to Specify Points
- Use Dynamic Input
- Snap to Locations on Objects (Object Snaps)
- Restrict Cursor Movement
- Combine or Offset Points and Coordinates
- Specify Distances
- Extract Geometric Information from Objects
- Use a Calculator
- Create Objects
- Select and Modify Objects
- Select Objects
- Correct Mistakes
- Erase Objects
- Cut, Copy, and Paste with the Clipboard
- Modify Objects
- Add Constraints to Geometry
- Define and Reference Blocks
- Work with 3D Models
- Create 3D Models
- Overview of 3D Modeling
- Create Solids and Surfaces from Lines and Curves
- Create Solids
- Create Surfaces
- Create Meshes
- Create Wireframe Models
- Add 3D Thickness to Objects
- Modify 3D Models
- Create Sections and Drawings from 3D Models
- Create 3D Models
- Annotate Drawings
- Work with Annotations
- Overview of Annotations
- Scale Annotations
- Overview of Scaling Annotations
- Set Annotation Scale
- Create Annotative Objects
- Display Annotative Objects
- Add and Modify Scale Representations
- Set Orientation for Annotations
- Hatches, Fills, and Wipeouts
- Notes and Labels
- Tables
- Dimensions and Tolerances
- Understand Basic Concepts of Dimensioning
- Use Dimension Styles
- Set the Scale for Dimensions
- Create Dimensions
- Modify Existing Dimensions
- Add Geometric Tolerances
- Work with Annotations
- Plot and Publish Drawings
- Specify Settings for Plotting
- Save Plot Settings as Named Page Setups
- Reuse Named Page Setups
- Specify Page Setup Settings
- Select a Printer or Plotter for a Layout
- Select a Paper Size for a Layout
- Determine the Drawing Orientation of a Layout
- Set the Plot Area of a Layout
- Adjust the Plot Offset of a Layout
- Set the Plot Scale for a Layout
- Set the Lineweight Scale for a Layout
- Select a Plot Style Table for a Layout
- Set Shaded Viewport and Plot Options for a Layout
- Print or Plot Drawings
- Overview of Plotting
- Use a Page Setup to Specify Plot Settings
- Select a Printer or Plotter
- Specify the Area to Plot
- Set Paper Size
- Position the Drawing on the Paper
- Control How Objects Are Plotted
- Preview a Plot
- Plot Files to Other Formats
- Publish Drawings
- Specify Settings for Plotting
- Share Data Between Files
- Reference Other Drawing Files
- Work with Data in Other Formats
- Collaborate with Others
- Render Drawings
- Draw 2D Isometric Views
- Add Lighting to Your Model
- Materials and Textures
- Render 3D Objects for Realism
- Glossary
- Index
beam angle (spotlights) 799
beveled corners 273
Big Fonts
properties 610
bills of materials (BOM) 620
binding
dependent named objects to
drawings 735
object definitions 735
xrefs to drawings 722
bisecting objects with construction
lines 217
bitmaps (BMP images)
exporting 755
importing 742
bitonal raster images 749
blank text objects 232
blending surfaces 399
Block Attribute Manager
duplicate tags 351
reordering prompts 343
block attributes
about 340
annotative 550
attaching 342
attribute definitions 341
attribute extraction templates 344
attribute tags 341, 345, 351
attribute values 351
constant 340
definitions 351
editing 342
error handling 349
exporting data 343
extracting data from 343
invisible 340
modifying 351
nested blocks 348
removing 352
stand-alone 343
updating 351
variable 340
block definitions
about 321, 333
annotations 547, 556
base points 333
block attributes 340
block libraries 339
colors 336
copying 339
creating 333
cross sections as 541
drawing files as 323, 334
fields in 603, 604
in-place editing 728
inserting blocks 323
linetypes 336
lineweights 336
model space settings 97
modifying 349, 728
object properties 336
removing 332
updating 350
block libraries
creating 339
inserting blocks 324
updating block definitions 350
block references
about 321
action parameters 327
annotations and 556
associative dimensions and 630
block attributes 340
clipping 723
colors 337
editing 349, 728
exploding 278, 353
grips 239
groups compared to 229
inserting 323
layers and 322
leader objects and 599
linetypes 337
model space settings 97
nested 338
orientation 563
paper space and 335
pasted text as 594
properties 336
saving changes to 731
scaling 323
table cells and 625
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